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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Granted rights to all nobles and freeman. -
Roanoke
Roanoke was the first attempted colony in america. It is known as the lost colony. -
Jamestown
105 settlers in 3 ships landed on virginia coast, and they started the first settlement known as Jamestown. -
House Of Burgesses
First representative assembly in New World. -
Mayflower Compact
A written document for self government. -
Roger Williams
Founded providence in june as a democratically ruled colony. -
Navigation Acts
Regulating colonial commerce to suit english needs. -
William Penn
Signed treaty with delaware indians april 23, and made a payment for Pennsylvania. -
Witchcraft Delusion at Salem
20 alleged witches executed by special court. -
Great Awakening
A religious revival in the 1700's. -
Benjamin Franklin
He published the first Poor Richards Almanack. Published anually until 1757. -
John Peter Zenger
He was acquitted of libel Aug. 5 in New York after criticizing the british governors conduct in office. -
French And Indian War
The war began when french occupied Ft. Duquesne. British moved Acadian Frech from Nova Scotia to Louisiana October 8, 1755. -
Sugar Act
Placed duties on lumber, foodstuffs, molasses, and rum in colonies, to pay French and Indian War debts. -
Stamp Act
Enacted by parliament Mar. 22, required revenue stamps to help fund royal troops. -
Quatering Act
Required colonist to house British troops, went into effect Mar. 24. -
Townshend Acts
Levied taxes on glass, painters lead, paper, and tea. In 1770 all duties ecept on tea were repealed. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest with the tax of tea. -
Intolerable Acts
Parlaiment curtailed Massachusetts self rule. -
First Continental Congress
Held in Philadelphia, called for civil disobedience against British. -
Paul Revere & Willaim Dawes
Rode to alert patriots that the briish were on their way to concord to destroy arms, His famous call was " the britsh are coming ". -
Lexington & Concord
Minute men lost 8. people and the british took 273 casualties. -
Patrick Henry
Addressed Virginia Convention " give me liberty or give me death ". -
Common Sense
Famous pro-independence pamphlet by Thomas Paine. -
Declaration of Idependece
These united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states. -
Saratoga
Cutt off British escape route, Burgoyne surrendered 5,000 men at Saratoga. -
Articals of Confederation
Adopted by the Continental Congress. -
John Paul Jones
On the Bonhomme Richard defeated Serapis in British North Sea waters. -
Battle Of Yorktown
Adm. Francois Joseph de. Grasse landed 3,000 French and stopped the british fleet in Hampton Roads. -
Paris Peace Treaty
Recognized American Independence. -
Shay's Rebellion
Debt.-ridden farmers in Massachusetts failed. -
Constitutional Convention
Opened in Philadelphia, May 25, with Washington presiding, Constitution accepted by delegates. -
Northwest Ordinance
Adopted July 13 by Continental Congress for Northwest Territory, North of the Ohio River. -
George Washington
Chosen Pres, by all electors. -
Bill Of Rights
Submitted to states, Sept. 25, 1789 went into effect on December 15. -
Eli Whitney
He invented the cotton gin, reviving southern slavery. -
Washingtons Farewell Address
Warned against permanent alliances with foreign powers, big public debt, large military establishment, and devices of small, artful, enterprising minority. -
Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon sold all of Louisiana, stretching to the Canadian border. He sold the land for 11,250,000 in bonds, plus 3,750,000 indemnities to American citizens. -
Lewis and Clark
Expedition ordered by Pres. Thomas Jefferson to explore what is now the northwest of the U.S. -
Robert Fulton
He made the first poractical steamboat. -
War Of 1812
Britain seized U.S. ships trading with France. Britain seized 4,000 naturalized U.S. sailors by 1810. Brtain armed indians, who raided western border U.S. stopped trade with Europe 1807 and 1809 -
The Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner. -
Missouri Compromise
A bill passed by congress, Mar. 3. Slavery was allowed in Missouri, but not west of the Mississippi River north. -
Monroe Doctorine
Opposing European intervention in the americas, enuciated by President James Monroe. -
Trail Of Tears
Cherokee Indians were forced to walk the "Trail Of Tears" from Georgia to Oklahoma starting in October. -
First Telegraph Line
The first message was sent on the telegraph by Samuel F.B. Morse from Washington to Baltimlore on March 24, 1844. -
Manifest Destiny
Expansionist had used a slogan called manifest destiny coined by a journalistin 1845. -
Womens Rights Convention
Lucretia Mott, and Elizabth Cady Stanton started the Womens Rights Convention. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Toms Cabin. -
Dred Scott
Decision by the supreme court Mar. 6 held that slaves did not become free in a free state. -
Abraham Lincoln
He was elected as President. -
Confederate States Of America
Jefferson Davis was Pres. Confederates fired on Ft. Sumter in Charleston, Sout Carolina. They captured the Ft. -
The Battle Of Antietam
The bloodiest one day battle during the Civil War. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Freed slaves in areas still in rebellion. -
Gettysburg Address
A speech by Abraham Lincoln. -
Robert E. Lee Surrendered
27,800 Confederate Troops to Gen. Grant at Appoomattox Court House. -
Lincoln Was Shot
He was shot in Fords Theatre by John Wilkes Booth. -
14th Amendment
Providing for citizenship of all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. The Aendment was ratified on july 9. -
15th Amendment
Making race no bar to voting rights, ratified Feb. 8. -
Clara Barton American Red Cross
She started the American Red Cross.
